Banana Skins – April 2023 (#422-423)

This experiment investigates the susceptibility of an ECG machine to emissions from unintentional emitters such as Gameboy™, iPod Nano™, and more.

Banana Skins – March 2023 (#417-421)

417.  Mains harmonic distortion from electronic equipment upsets energy providers  The increasing use of electronic equipment is causing ‘harmonic distortion’ on the UK supply network. This is caused by non-li... Read More...

Banana Skins – November 2022 (#411-414)

It has been reported widely in the Japanese press that electromagnetic interference caused by illegally modified transceivers on trucks is suspected of causing two accidents by disabling the braking system of commuter buses.

Banana Skins – November 2022 (#404-410)

The Japanese National Institute of Technology and Evaluation has announced that they have confirmed that some of the household electrical heaters available in Japan malfunction when subjected to electrical disturbances.

Banana Skins – October 2022 (#397-403)

During the testing of one aircraft, we suffered a very marked and complete electrical failure of the aircraft (much to the alarm of both the test engineers and the cockpit crew) which turned out to be due to the EUT we were testing.

Getting the Best EMC from Shielded Cables Up to 2.8 GHz, Part 1

Part 1 of this two-part article explores some basic rules for terminating cable shields. Part 2 of the article will appear in our October 2022 issue and will summarize the results of recent testing conducted by the author on the shielding effectiveness of screened cables up to 2.8 GHz